2020 in numbers
Wage and Hour Division investigations of California employers closed in 2020: 1,138 cases, 864 with violations found, $20,448,172 in back wages agreed for 9,838 workers, $2,282,749 in penalties. Against 2019 that is an increase of 45% in back wages.
Biggest back-wage cases of 2020
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byton North America | 1 | $1,749,185 | 76 |
| California Professional Engineering | 1 | $1,085,552 | 94 |
| Columbia Export Group | 1 | $907,714 | 53 |
| Citadel Roofing and Solar | 1 | $845,090 | 385 |
| Ocha Classic | 1 | $825,775 | 83 |
| Future Plastering, Inc. | 1 | $767,362 | 257 |
| Saddleback Roofing | 1 | $616,652 | 341 |
| V5 Systems | 1 | $525,368 | 56 |
| Legacy Health Care Center | 1 | $378,332 | 217 |
| Brokerage And Logistic Solutions | 1 | $323,832 | 87 |
| California Force Patrol, Inc. | 1 | $322,947 | 51 |
| ERN Services | 1 | $275,000 | 158 |
| Visionary Lifestyles LLC | 1 | $270,804 | 0 |
| Old Firehouse Market | 1 | $268,339 | 2 |
| HCT Fine Carpentry, Inc. | 1 | $261,222 | 76 |
| ARC Imperial Valley | 1 | $250,610 | 56 |
| Chefs Express Chinese Cuisine Inc. | 1 | $241,065 | 53 |
| Nova Group | 1 | $238,512 | 26 |
| Video Voice Data Communications | 1 | $237,358 | 210 |
| Premar | 1 | $230,000 | 16 |
| Siliconsage Builders | 1 | $219,793 | 134 |
| La Fonda Taqueria Y Mariscos | 1 | $200,682 | 49 |
| DoorDash | 1 | $200,000 | 298 |
| Alliance Mechanical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $195,744 | 32 |
| CJ Seto Support Services | 1 | $192,906 | 39 |
By industry
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 141 | $4,805,338 | 1,954 |
| Manufacturing | 97 | $3,557,266 | 701 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 90 | $2,684,765 | 1,000 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 172 | $2,679,726 | 1,843 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 68 | $2,293,672 | 733 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 90 | $1,410,299 | 783 |
| Retail Trade | 137 | $640,655 | 314 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 46 | $578,458 | 244 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 141 | $499,467 | 1,393 |
| Information | 5 | $326,713 | 287 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 40 | $270,590 | 127 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 11 | $163,339 | 105 |
| Educational Services | 13 | $143,983 | 45 |
| Wholesale Trade | 27 | $118,493 | 56 |
| Finance and Insurance | 9 | $104,933 | 108 |
| Public Administration | 14 | $69,348 | 55 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 8 | $42,933 | 44 |
| 15 | $42,873 | 30 | |
| 5 | $10,789 | 8 | |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | 5 | $2,184 | 5 |
| 2 | $2,099 | 2 | |
| 1 | $249 | 1 | |
| Utilities | 1 | $0 | 0 |
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetra Tech BAS, Inc | Irvine | Sep 27, 2020 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASR All Surface Roofing & Waterproofing | Santa Ana | Sep 27, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bling Bling Nails And Spa | Covina | Sep 26, 2020 | 3 violations | $7,742 | 1 | 0 |
| Outsource, LLC | El Segundo | Sep 26, 2020 | 3 violations | $2,083 | 1 | 0 |
| The Mystical Rose | Santa Rosa | Sep 25, 2020 | 8 violations | $45,928 | 7 | 0 |
| The Unity Council | Oakland | Sep 25, 2020 | 2 violations | $1,851 | 1 | 0 |
| Victoria?s Vineyard Management | Napa | Sep 25, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,072 |
| La Puente Car Wash La Puente Car Wash and Quick Lube, Inc. | La Puente | Sep 25, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belllflower Unitified School District | Bellflower | Sep 25, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blackwell General Engineering, Inc | San Jose | Sep 24, 2020 | 4 violations | $7,110 | 4 | 0 |
| Carlyle Courtyard, LLC | Anaheim | Sep 23, 2020 | 8 violations | $1,636 | 8 | 0 |
| ARCO Sahi Enterprises, Inc | San Bernardino | Sep 23, 2020 | 3 violations | $120 | 2 | 0 |
| Job F Torres Job F Torres (D-Spike Construction) | Hayward | Sep 23, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Discount | Los Angeles | Sep 23, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Human Services Agency CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO | San Francisco | Sep 22, 2020 | 1 violation | $2,750 | 1 | 0 |
| The Department Of Violence Pervention | Oakland | Sep 22, 2020 | 1 violation | $249 | 1 | 0 |
| Ceres High School Ceres Unified School District | Ceres | Sep 22, 2020 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W.L. Hickey Sons | San Jose | Sep 22, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Normandie Children's Center | Los Angeles | Sep 22, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shell | Long Beach | Sep 21, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jovan Plamenac | San Marcos | Sep 20, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aseptic Technology LLC | Yorba Linda | Sep 17, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Express Lube & Smog | Lake Elsinore | Sep 17, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orange County In Home Support Services | Santa Ana | Sep 17, 2020 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foothill Car Wash Berkman Enterprises, Inc. | La Canada Flintridge | Sep 16, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Munoz Landscaping Munoz Landscaping, Inc./Munoz Nursery | Baldwin Park | Sep 16, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AgEmpleo | Oxnard | Sep 15, 2020 | 18 violations | $2,601 | 14 | $2,119 |
| Fontana Truck Stop | Fontana | Sep 15, 2020 | 5 violations | $2,184 | 5 | 0 |
| Accent Care Home Health Accent Home Health Of California, Inc. | Redding | Sep 15, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fontana Fontana Truck Stop Center | Fontana | Sep 15, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mission Hills Post Acute | San Diego | Sep 15, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valle El Paraiso Berry Farms | Santa Maria | Sep 14, 2020 | 106 violations | $35,430 | 105 | $1,060 |
| Mesa Packing | King City | Sep 13, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zavaro Mobil | Walnut | Sep 12, 2020 | 2 violations | $107 | 1 | 0 |
| Red Carpet USA Top Speed Wash, Gas Depot, CW 1st, TOCW | Canoga Park | Sep 11, 2020 | 22 violations | $10,742 | 22 | 0 |
| Zenete | San Diego | Sep 11, 2020 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SpearMC Consulting Spear MC Management Consulting, Inc | Pleasanton | Sep 10, 2020 | 1 violation | $25,167 | 1 | 0 |
| Riverside Shell | Riverside | Sep 10, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Validant Kinsale Holdings, Inc | San Francisco | Sep 10, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Stivers Shell | San Diego | Sep 10, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City of San Jose | San Jose | Sep 4, 2020 | 6 violations | $10,345 | 6 | 0 |
| Jacobo Farm Services, Inc. | Riverdale | Sep 4, 2020 | 6 violations | $1,268 | 5 | 0 |
| Albertson's Brea Distribution Center | Brea | Sep 3, 2020 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coupa Cafe Coupa Cafe Corporation | Palo Alto | Sep 2, 2020 | 7 violations | $8,300 | 7 | 0 |
| Herrick Grapevines | Red Bluff | Sep 2, 2020 | 302 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center | Grass Valley | Sep 1, 2020 | 3 violations | $25,049 | 1 | 0 |
| Sew Nice, Inc. | Los Angeles | Sep 1, 2020 | 11 violations repeat | $5,846 | 10 | $6,970 |
| Pilot Flying J | Castaic | Sep 1, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| USS-POSCO Industries POSCO-California Corporation | Pittsburg | Sep 1, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cazares Produce | Vista | Sep 1, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AECOM Technical Services, Inc. | Los Angeles | Sep 1, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SBL Space Border Logistics, Corp. | San Diego | Aug 31, 2020 | 10 violations | $10,996 | 5 | 0 |
| SurePrep | Irvine | Aug 31, 2020 | 6 violations | $10,930 | 3 | 0 |
| RV Country | Fresno | Aug 31, 2020 | 18 violations | $9,506 | 16 | $7,214 |
| Ram Commercial Insurance Ram Commercial Insurance Services LLC | Morgan Hill | Aug 31, 2020 | 3 violations | $3,968 | 3 | 0 |
| Daylight Vineyard Management | Penngrove | Aug 31, 2020 | 1 violation | $1,220 | 1 | 0 |
| San Francisco Transfer Station & Hazardous | San Francisco | Aug 31, 2020 | 1 violation | $172 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles World Airports | Los Angeles | Aug 31, 2020 | 52 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rojas Farm Labor Contracting | Madera | Aug 31, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,370 |
| Netillo's Takos | Shingle Springs | Aug 30, 2020 | 4 violations | $3,619 | 3 | 0 |
| Alemeda County, Superior Court | Oakland | Aug 30, 2020 | 2 violations | $488 | 1 | 0 |
| US Census Bureau | Hesperia | Aug 30, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Securitas Security Securitas Security Services USA Inc. | San Jose | Aug 29, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stevens Creek Hyundai | Santa Clara | Aug 28, 2020 | 1 violation | $2,480 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 Star Berries | Santa Maria | Aug 28, 2020 | 1 violation | $1,080 | 1 | 0 |
| Mendoza Family Labor Contracting II | Madera | Aug 26, 2020 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $12,235 |
| Bakersfield Hardwood, Inc. | Bakersfield | Aug 25, 2020 | 4 violations | $10,048 | 2 | 0 |
| Papillon Beauty Salon | San Jose | Aug 25, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oak Tree Ag Mgt., Inc. | Madera | Aug 24, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Superior Gypsum Enterprises Inc | Signal Hill | Aug 23, 2020 | 18 violations | $13,601 | 17 | 0 |
| JYC Apparel, Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 22, 2020 | 11 violations | $25,793 | 10 | 0 |
| Progression Drywall Corp. | Lancaster | Aug 22, 2020 | 75 violations | $15,781 | 74 | 0 |
| San Francisco Fire Department | San Francisco | Aug 22, 2020 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California Professional Engineering | Rowland Heights | Aug 21, 2020 | 98 violations repeat | $1,085,552 | 94 | $4,570 |
| Conrads Restaurants Inc. | Pasadena | Aug 21, 2020 | 2 violations | $5,914 | 1 | 0 |
| Valley Concrete | San Jose | Aug 21, 2020 | 2 violations | $4,074 | 2 | 0 |
| Best Western Plus Beach View Lodge | Carlsbad | Aug 21, 2020 | 2 violations | $1,000 | 1 | 0 |
| M.A. Garcia Agrilabor, Inc. | Modesto | Aug 21, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CSA Fashion Inc | Los Angeles | Aug 20, 2020 | 4 violations | $3,679 | 1 | 0 |
| Viaggio Estate and Winery | Acampo | Aug 20, 2020 | 4 violations | $1,160 | 2 | 0 |
| Primex Farms, LLC. | Wasco | Aug 20, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UOS Construction | Fullerton | Aug 19, 2020 | 27 violations | $12,642 | 26 | 0 |
| Cornerstone Packing Cornerstone Packing & Cooling | Kingsburg | Aug 19, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingsburg Orchards | Kingsburg | Aug 19, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fresh and Meaty Burgers Fresh And Meaty Burgers Carson, Inc. | Carson | Aug 19, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARCO Sierra Foods, Inc. | La Puente | Aug 19, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thrifty Gas | La Puente | Aug 19, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fruit Harvest Family, Inc. | Sanger | Aug 19, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Cervantes Contractors | Thermal | Aug 18, 2020 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,314 |
| McDonalds | San Jose | Aug 17, 2020 | 10 violations | $836 | 10 | 0 |
| Chevron Limited One Enterprises, Inc | North Hollywood | Aug 17, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California Chicken Cafe | Venice | Aug 16, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles School of Gymnastics | Culver City | Aug 15, 2020 | 2 violations | $765 | 1 | 0 |
| N & J Harvesting Inc | Temecula | Aug 15, 2020 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,413 |
| MCR FLC, LLC | Hemet | Aug 15, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TSP Roofing Systems Inc. | Irvine | Aug 15, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia Export Group | San Diego | Aug 14, 2020 | 105 violations repeat | $907,714 | 53 | $30,880 |
| Ivo Wall Experts Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 14, 2020 | 2 violations | $1,318 | 1 | 0 |
| Agrima Farm Labor Inc. | Madera | Aug 14, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Campos Crop Labor | Kingsburg | Aug 14, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement database, California cases. All years, tracker home.
About this data: Cases come from the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division enforcement database (WHD compliance actions concluded since fiscal year 2005, California employers only), published by the Department of Labor and reloaded here every month. "Back wages" are amounts the employer agreed to pay at the close of the investigation; "penalties" are civil money penalties assessed. An investigation that found no violation is listed as such. The database does not include California Labor Commissioner cases or private lawsuits. This page is general information, not legal advice about your situation.